#A9D759#A9D759

#A9D759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.162 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D759
RGB	rgb(169, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -34.15, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 65.65, 121.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0967 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.162 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4658, 57.7566, 18.3601)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D759 #8759D7

analogous

#D7C659 #A9D759 #6AD759

triadic

#A9D759 #59A9D7 #D759A9

tetradic

#A9D759 #59D7C6 #8759D7 #D7596A

square

#A9D759 #59D7C6 #8759D7 #D7596A

split-complementary

#A9D759 #596AD7 #C659D7

monochromatic

#6A9223 #8DC42F #A9D759 #C3E38A #DCEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A9D759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#A9D759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D759

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D759	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.162 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e38c',
    500: '#a9d759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d759;
$custom-light: #c5e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.905,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82108,
    "c": 0.16225,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D759

secondary

#5E3D98

accent

#44E47E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D759

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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